What is everyone saying about mental health services?

There are 152 Healthwatches across the country and together we hear more about mental health services than anything else.

In total 34,000 people have shared their experience of mental health services.

Healthwatch England has pulled together feedback from all over the country into this single report which you can read below.

We've done a lot of work in Kent focusing on mental health including our focus on the Children & Adolescent Mental health service and most recently visits to community mental health clinics to talk directly to patients. The feedback we hear in Kent is not unique and is replicated all over the country. Read the report to find out what other people are saying too.

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In the news this weekend, we've heard new figures showing that many people struggle to get an appointment with their GP. This isn't 'news' to us as we hear from people all over Kent that they can wait up to 6 weeks to get a GP appointment. Other people tell us they can get an appointment on the...

Last month we visited Folkestone & Hythe District Council to talk to their staff about their experiences of local health & social care services. We met 230 people in total during our visit. 41% of people shared negative stories about getting an appointment with their GP. 15% of people we...